Mark Corino Position: Director of Athletics Institution: Caldwell College

In the summer of 1988, Mark Corino became Caldwell's first full-time director of athletics, while also becoming the College's head men's basketball coach two months later.

Corino has overhauled a department that started out with just three programs and no conference affiliation to what it is today - 11 intercollegiate athletics programs, with 10 competing in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC). In 2003, Corino also oversaw the College's transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II.

Corino also played a role in the creation of the CACC, which has grown to 12 members. Corino, who has served as the conference's president during two separate stints, was named the CACC and NAIA Region X Administrator of the Year in 2000. He also was among 14 finalists for the NAIA National Athletic Administrator of the Year.

This year, Corino begins his 20th season as the head men's basketball coach. He is tied for fourth among men's college coaches in the state of New Jersey with 429 career victories. The highlight of his career was a CACC tournament championship advancing Caldwell to the NCAA Northeast Region Tournament for the first time in 2007. Through 24 years, his overall record is 429-274, including a 334-226 mark in 19 seasons at Caldwell.

Corino made five trips to the NAIA national tournament; one appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament; won seven CACC regular-season championships; five CACC Tournament titles and a District 31 crown.

A native of Belleville, N.J., Corino attended Kean, where he earned a bachelor's degree in industrial arts. He later received a master's degree in curriculum and instruction from Caldwell in 1997. Corino began his collegiate coaching career in 1983 at Bloomfield College, where he compiled a record of 95-48 in five seasons.

Corino, 51, resides in Cedar Grove, N.J., with his wife Susan, and daughter Michele.